Adobe Illustrator Tutorials – Best Of - Smashing Magazine Advertisement Over years Adobe Illustrator has become the standard application when it comes to illustration design. Artists, illustrators and graphic designers use Illustrator to create vector-based graphics which — contrary to raster-based editors such as Adobe Photoshop — can be easily rescaled without the loss of quality. E.g., Illustrator is often used to quickly transform hand-drawn sketches on a sheet of paper into lively and colorful digital images. However, to master Adobe Illustrator isn’t easy; and the creating process of professional illustrations requires both time and patience. In this post we present a collection of excellent Adobe Illustrator tutorials for beginners and advanced designers. Please notice that we’ve selected only those tutorials which haven’t been featured last year or were released after the article was published.you might also be interested in Adobe Photoshop Tutorials – Best Of we’ve presented few weeks ago. Illustrator Tutorials Sources and Resources
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26 Most Recent Adobe Illustrator Tutorials It’s been such a long time since we have posted an article on Adobe Illustrator Tutorials. So, in today’s post, we’d like to share with you these step-by-step tutorials that were released since January of this year to give you a dose of new ideas when trying to design so that you’ll achieve a more beautiful and creative artwork. We’ve handpicked these tutorials because Adobe illustrator offers a variety of advanced tools to smooth out any design, optimize structure proportions and emphasize some beautiful details. Here are the 26 Most Recent Adobe Illustrator Tutorials that we’ve found around the web which are helpful in learning new techniques in brushing up your vector design skills. Create a Lava Island Scenario in Illustrator In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a Tiki and Maori culture inspired lava island scenario in Illustrator. Create a Hellboy Poster in Illustrator In this tutorial, you’ll apply pen tool and blending modes to make a cool hellboy poster in illustrator.
Retro car vectors It's surprisingly easy to create a sharp, clean, attention-grabbing vector graphic based on a photograph, whether it's a pet, a person, a motorbike or a car. And because it's a vector graphic, you'll be able to resize it without any loss of quality. There are other benefits too. Because the vector image is an Illustrator file, it's easy for you to change the colours of the illustration if, for example, you want to use it again and again for different clients. Finally, and arguably best of all, the print quality of the final illustration will be second to none. In this tutorial I'll explain how to go about creating a vector illustration from a photograph of a car, and how you can use your artistic judgment and discretion to make it look great without slavishly copying every detail. Click here to download the support files (3.84MB) Click here to download the tutorial for free
80 Best-Of Adobe Illustrator Tutorials, Brushes, .EPSs and Resources - Noupe Design Blog Jan 18 2009 For months, we have been bookmarking interesting, useful and creative Adobe Illustrator tutorials and Resources, so you can now rest assured that you will have the necessary tools to get the job done. Due to this phenomenally vast amount of vector packs, brushes, patterns available, you can now add dirt, rust, floral effect, swirls, mold, oil stains in your artwork and to give it any look you want. So in today’s post, you’ll find an assortment of top-notch tutorials, brushes, patterns, vector packs, tips & tricks and .EPS downloadable files that others have freely contributed to the design community. To make your job a little bit easier, we have categorized this post into 6 section, the links below will get you to your desired section. Adobe Illustrator Tutorials - Create a Gang of Vector Ninjas - Logo Design Project Step by Step Walkthrough Follow this step by step documentation of the whole process of the logo design from conception to completion. - Master Painting in Illustrator
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Adobe Illustrator Toolbox - Web Design Blog – DesignM.ag Get the FlatPix UI Kit for only $7 - Learn More or Buy Now If you’re interested in improving your skills with Adobe Illustrator or finding resources that can make you more effective and efficient with your time in Illustrator, this is the collection for you. Articles: For getting started and learning more about Illustrator, here are some helpful articles. 7 Things You Didn’t Know Illustrator Could Do – Attitude Design Journal Illustrator’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide – VECTORTUTS Illustrator Pen Tool Exercises – Veerle Maintaining Rhythm and Flow in Vector Character Design – VECTORTUTS Seven Helpful Techniques for Illustrator – VECTORTUTS Best Sites for Illustrator Tutorials: For continual learning of Illustrator, these 9 sites produce excellent tutorials that will help you in your development. Vectips Veerle’s Blog Blog.SpoonGraphics GoMediaZine AiVault Bittbox N. Vectordiary Collections of Tutorials: Adobe Illustrator Tutorials – Smashing Magazine Illustrator Tutorials – Designer Today Vectors:
Illustratortips.com - Adobe Illustrator Instruction, Information and Inspiration 50 Excellent Adobe Illustrator Video Tutorials | Tutorials | Sma Advertisement Adobe Illustrator is the industry-standard when it comes to the creation of vector graphics. Though a very robust tool – the learning curve involved in mastering it can be high. Video tutorials (in general) enable the learner to witness – step-by-step – how a particular technique works. In this article, we present to you 50 excellent Adobe Illustrator video tutorials. So fire up Illustrator, watch a few of these videos, and hopefully you will have learned a tip or two by the end of your adventures into these Illustrator video tutorials! General Tips and Techniques Patterns and Shapes in Adobe Illustrator This tutorial is based on an advertisement that uses patterns and shapes to create a unique design effect. Importing and Manipulating Images in Illustrator Learn the concepts of importing and manipulating external images in Illustrator. Creative Masking Techniques See a method for using complex masking techniques in Illustrator. Creating Objects Effects
Double Exposure Portraits by Dan Mountford by aloa Mon, 05/02/2011 - 14:37 If youd ever tried yourself in double exposure photography you know how much fun & - on the other side - frustrating it can be. Dan Mountford is an young & ongoing photographer and graphic designer from Brighton England and he shows us how you do it the right way. Buy his prints at his print shop & visit his Flickr I am a twenty year old british student studying graphic design at the university of brighton, UK. The images shown were all created "in camera". The change in tones, removal of odd blemishes and the addition of some vector was all minimal post production work, created using PS & AI.
22 Very Useful Adobe Illustrator Tutorials | Tutorials 351 shares 30 Flat Circular Vector Icons It can be difficult to find exactly the right type of free icons online – but this iconset is sure to fill the gap. This freebie pack includes 30 flat vector icons created with Adobe Illustrator. Each flat icon is inside a circular background with a drop shadow effect. This is a very popular technique… Read More 2124 shares Adobe Illustrator CS6 Shortcuts Cheat Sheet Illustrator is a very important tool for designers and creative professionals.